Well, off I go. I'm about to unsubscribe from this list for the first
time in years. Looking forward to returning in January with MORE POWERS.

-Sumana
P.S. I'm sure you can find my personal email address if you need to. :)

On 09/04/2013 09:47 PM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
> Thanks, Oren! If I am able to work on pywikipediabot or other Wikimedia
> tech and I blog about it, I'll syndicate to
> http://en.planet.wikimedia.org . I may cross-post additional thoughts to
> http://geekfeminism.org/ . If people want a summary IRC office
> hour/video tech talk after I come back, I could do that too.
> -Sumana
> 
> On 08/31/2013 07:57 AM, Oren Bochman wrote:
>> Congratulations - I hope you get co make many new bugs and even do some
>> cool coding outside the wmf!
>> I'm wandering if you'll update us about this unique experience as time
>> allows?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
>>
>>> I've been accepted to Hacker School <https://www.hackerschool.com>, a
>>> writers' retreat for programmers in New York City. I will therefore be
>>> taking an unpaid personal leave of absence from the Wikimedia Foundation
>>> via our sabbatical program. My last workday before my leave will be
>>> Friday, September 27. I plan to be on leave all of October, November,
>>> and December, returning to WMF in January.
>>>
>>> During my absence, Quim Gil will be the temporary head of the
>>> Engineering Community Team. Thank you, Quim! I'll spend much of
>>> September turning over responsibilities to him. Over the next month I'll
>>> be saying no to a lot of requests so I can ensure I take care of all my
>>> commitments by September 27th, when I'll be turning off my wikimedia.org
>>> email.
>>>
>>> If there's anything else I can do to minimize inconvenience, please let
>>> me know. And -- I have to say this -- oh my gosh I'm so excited to be
>>> going to Hacker School in just a month! Going from "advanced beginner"
>>> to confident programmer! Learning face-to-face with other coders, 30-45%
>>> of them women, all teaching each other! Thank you, WMF, for the
>>> sabbatical program, and thanks to my team for supporting me on this. I
>>> couldn't do this without you.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sumana Harihareswara
>>> Engineering Community Manager
>>> Wikimedia Foundation


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